Oldmancat Murphy playing with his new toy (i.imgur.com)
Additional Murphy tax...
Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor (arstechnica.com)
The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked. (theintercept.com)
U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria have come under repeated attack in recent weeks, including a rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base in Iraq on Monday that reportedly injured five U.S. military personnel and contractors. The renewed strikes, which began in July, mark a resumption of a low-level war between America and Iran’s proxies...
Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has hinted that in future some subreddits could be paywalled, as the company seeks to devise new sources of income....
UK prime minister talks of 'standing army' of police to deal with rioting across Britain (apnews.com)
Microsoft says Delta’s ancient IT explains long outage after CrowdStrike snafu (arstechnica.com)
Logitech has ‘no plans’ for a subscription mouse (www.theverge.com)
Android 15's revamped desktop mode could run directly on tablets: Here's a first look (www.androidauthority.com)
We discovered that Android 15’s hidden desktop mode can actually run on-device on tablets. Here's a first look at this on-device experience.
GameFAQs TXT August 2024 (archive.org)
Mirror upload for faster download, 1 Mbit (expires in 30 days): ufile.io/f/r0tmt...
Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits (www.engadget.com)
Banjo Kazooie Meets Zelda: Wind Waker in N64 Mod (www.retronews.com)
This week, modder KurkoMods introduced an exciting new mod titled Banjo Kazooie: Bear Waker Deluxe, which brings Banjo and Kazooie into the realm of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker....
Arkane founder says Prey and Dishonored fans ‘will be happy’ with his new game [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Smallest Arm Bone in Human Fossil Record Sheds Light on the Dawn of Homo floresiensis (news.griffith.edu.au)
French economy gets welcome Olympic boost as consumer spending spikes. (www.rfi.fr)
COVID still 'very much with us' with 20% of tests positive in Europe, WHO warns (www.euronews.com)
Mexico invites Putin to presidential inauguration, Russia's Izvestia newspaper says (www.reuters.com)
Schrodinger's Privacy: Best Buy Needs Your Data to Stop Selling Your Data (odysee.com)
Pro-government fighters attack areas of US-backed fighters in east Syria; 2 killed (thehill.com)
Looks like US might be about to be pushed out of Syria. Securing the oil field and pushing US out could be the response by Iran, as lot of the oil that US loots from Syria goes to Israel....
Detained U.S.-Russian Citizen Pleads Guilty To Treason, Says Russian Media. (www.rferl.org)
Russia's Stifling Of Civic Freedoms Dramatically Up Since Ukraine Invasion, Rights Watchdog Says. (www.rferl.org)
Far Right Pulling Masks Off Israeli Legal Charade (electronicintifada.net)
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance (www.phoronix.com)
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Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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